{"product_id":"the-handbook-for-working-with-difficult-groups-how-they-are-difficult-why-they-are-difficult-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-sandy-schuman-albany-new-york-9780470190388","title":"The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups: How They Are Difficult, Why They Are Difficult and What You Can Do About It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow They Are Difficult, Why They Are Difficult and What You Can Do About It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many books on working with difficult individuals. Here is the first edited collection on how to work with difficult groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOmschrijving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED the challenges associated with working with groups, but \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups\u003c\/i\u003e turns the idea of \"difficult groups\" on its head. Rather than view groups as inherently difficult, it looks at the factors that make working with groups difficult. Individual chapters focus on challenges such as involving dissenters, building external perspectives, reducing complaining, adapting to cultural differences, incorporating diversity, facilitating inclusion, working virtually, resolving identity-based conflict, transforming unproductive behavior patterns, preventing workplace harassment, and strengthening accountability. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book first provides a framework for thinking systemically about the many and varied ways in which working with a group can be difficult. Building on that framework, the contributors each address three basic issues: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e How the group is difficult a description of a real group and the observable phenomena that reflect the group's difficulty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e Why the group is difficult an exploration of the underlying causes of the difficulty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e What you can do about it what you can do as a group facilitator, leader, or member to help the group.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProductspecificaties\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuteur:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandy Schuman (Albany, New York)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSerie:\u003c\/strong\u003e J-B International Association of Facilitators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUitgever:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons Inc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImprint:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerschijningsdatum:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2010-05-18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAantal pagina's:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780470190388\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThema:\u003c\/strong\u003e Business and Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/strong\u003e BUSINESS \u0026amp; ECONOMICS \/ General\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOver de auteur\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandy Schuman\u003c\/b\u003e has been helping organizations work more effectively to solve complex problems and make critical decisions for more than thirty years. He is a group facilitator, collaborative process advocate, and storyteller. He helps groups create shared meaning, make critical choices, and build collaborative relationships. He facilitates problem-solving and decision-making processes for a wide variety of public management and policy issues and provides training in group facilitation, decision making, systems thinking, conflict management systems, and organizational communication. He is the editor of the International Association of Facilitators handbook series: \u003ci\u003eThe IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation, Creating a Culture of Collaboration,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Working with Difficult Groups.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intertaal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56354569453908,"sku":"9780470190388","price":108.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/0538\/0692\/files\/9780470190388.jpg?v=1783585032","url":"https:\/\/intertaalid.nl\/en\/products\/the-handbook-for-working-with-difficult-groups-how-they-are-difficult-why-they-are-difficult-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-sandy-schuman-albany-new-york-9780470190388","provider":"Intertaal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}